Dental Complications of Sucking Thumbs
Volume 1 - Issue 3
Mohammed Karimi*
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- Internal Auditor & Documentations at Apple Dental Clinic, Iran
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Karimi, Internal Auditor & Documentations at Apple Dental Clinic, Iran, Email:
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Received: April 04, 2018; Published: April 19, 2018
DOI: 10.32474/IPDOAJ.2018.01.000111
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Abstract
Putting a finger in the mouth and sucking it is the normal
habit of all children that will not leave for many years. Sucking a
thumb is a natural reaction in children that may be beneficial or
harmful. Sucking a thumb or other fingers and sucking a pacifier
or other objects gives a sense of safety or joy to the infants; and
helps them to better understand the world around themselves.
Behavioral and mood changes, reactions to family differences and
lack of affection are the most important factors in sucking fingers
in children. Significant complications such as speech impairment,
irregularities in teeth, malocclusion, intra-oral ulcers, and wounds
and scars on the thumbs can occur after long sucking of the fingers.
With sucking, young children feel more relaxed and fall asleep. Most
children leave this harmless habit before the age of two without any
worries or interventions but the sucking habit in some children is
so severe or repeated that it becomes a dental and social problem.
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